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Name:
Mikaela Shiraki
Age: 23
Current Profession: Bookstore Manager
Desired Profession: Artistic Director of a fabulous and
very successful theatre
City/State of Residence: Buena Vista, VA
Mikaela's Question:
I recently finished my undergraduate studies in theatre with
an emphasis on acting and directing. While selecting and applying
for grad school, should I accept any job remotely related to
theatre, or should I only accept jobs directly related to directing?
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| About
Deborah Wolfson: Deborah Wolfson is a director and
choreographer in New York City. Some of her directing
credits include: Drums in the Night, The Jigsaw
Confession, The Contractors, and Bum’s
Rush, A Play for Barry White, and The Second Constant.
She has choreographed The Dead Body Takes Her Revenge
for Bee Sting’s Psst... There’s a Dead Body
in the Room. Some of her favorite projects have been:
Williamsburg! The Musical, Drums in the Night,
and Jersey Boys. Deborah graduated from the University
of Chicago. |
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| Deborah's
Answer: The short answer? Take everything. Take absolutely
every job in theatre, and once you have it—be it
running a board, running a box office, or sweeping the
stage—work hard and be friendly, even if you're get
paid for your work (especially straight out college). |
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Why should you do this, when you've just spent four years
training and working for your degree? Because this is
a career of unknowns. You don't know when you'll get into
grad school, so it's valuable to have a network of theatre
professionals around you so that you can continue to grow
as an artist. You don't know where that next job is going
to come from. Maybe the producer who admires your work
ethic, maybe the kid sweeping the stage with you who thinks
your attitude is to be around. Particularly, if your end
goal is an artistic directorship, you can benefit from
not only observing different personal styles and aesthetics,
but from gaining a deeper appreciation of the staggering
number of jobs all around that make a show possible.
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